July 2007

Open Conference on Technology in Education: Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange 2008

July 8, 2007

Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange 2008 (TTIX): The Open Conference on Technology in Education. ‘The 4th Annual Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange will be June 5-6, 2008 on the UVSC campus in Orem, Utah, with a pre-conference workshop on faculty development June 4. Join other educators, developers, and innovators from across the nation and beyond [...]

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PEDESTAL: More Than a Teaching and Learning Materials Repository

July 8, 2007

(Put Yourself On…) PEDESTAL. ‘PEDESTAL stands for Platform for Exchange of Documents and Expertise Showcasing Teaching At Loughborough. The name reflects PEDESTAL’s mission of creating a service which provide new opportunities for the sharing of materials and discussion related to teaching. Teaching materials can be easily uploaded to PEDESTAL through a simple upload mechanism and [...]

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Zinch: The Place Where Students Can Showcase Their Skills

July 6, 2007

Zinch. ‘Zinch empowers high school students to pro actively showcase themselves to colleges and universities across the nation. Students create a detailed online portfolio painting a vibrant picture of who they are. In turn, colleges and universities search through the comprehensive Zinch database recruiting students matching their criteria. Zinch allows students to actively let any [...]

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Article: Pedagogical Affordances of Syndication, Aggregation and Mash-Up of Content on the Web

July 5, 2007

Pedagogical affordances of syndication, aggregation, and mash-up of content on the Web, by Barbara Dieu and Vance Stevens, TESL-EJ, Vol. 11.1 (2007). Excerpt: As Internet and online learning become more and more incorporated into our courses, syllabi, and teaching materials, it becomes increasingly important that the impact the Web is having on changing perceptions of [...]

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Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online (ALISON)

July 5, 2007

ALISON: Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online. ALISON is a free learning resource of interactive certification-based learning. ALISON stands for Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online. The learning is provided free of charge to individual learners. The mission of ALISON is to enable anyone, anywhere, to educate themselves for free. Through ALISON, the cost-barrier to learning can [...]

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Article: Defining, Discussing and Evaluating Mobile Learning

July 2, 2007

Defining, Discussing and Evaluating Mobile Learning: the moving finger writes and having writ, John Traxler, The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 8, No 2 (2007). Abstract excerpt: Since the start of the current millennium, experience and expertise in the development and delivery of mobile learning have blossomed and a community [...]

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Edu 2.0: The Next Generation Education

July 1, 2007

Edu 2.0: The Future of Education. ‘Edu 2.0 is a next-generation web site that makes teaching and learning more efficient and enjoyable. Edu 2.0 is free, web hosted and available from any device that supports a web browser. Anyone can teach and/or learn using the system, whether it’s at school, at home, or on the [...]

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CALIBRATE (Calibrating eLearning in Schools) Project

July 1, 2007

CALIBRATE (Calibrating eLearning in Schools) Project: Learning Resources for Schools. ‘CALIBRATE (Calibrating eLearning in Schools) is a 30-month project (October 2005 – March 2008) co-ordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN) and supported by the European Commission’s Information Society Technologies Programme (IST). The key aim of the project is to support the collaborative use and exchange of [...]

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